Alpha Spirit

Alpha Spirit Realfood Complete: Pork Stew review

Name: Alpha Spirit Realfood Complete: Pork Stew
Brand: Alpha Spirit

82/100Outstanding

WetAdultSenior

Flavour

Six stews that read like something cooked, each declaring 97% fresh animal content. Five land in our Excellent band and the pork stew in Outstanding. Chicken, duck, tuna, beef and two takes on pork give the range its spread.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that eat mostly meat
Variety without changing brand: six recipes across five animals
Older dogs as well as adults, on five of the six
A single protein plan, on the duck or the pork ear
Owners with a no-cereal rule
Fussy eaters, given visible vegetables and their own cooking sauces

Worth watching

Fat from 3.9% to 60.7% of dry matter across the range, so swapping is not like for like
Energy from 89 kcal per 100g on the tuna to 166 on the pork ear
Unnamed meat sauces on four labels, for a strict avoidance list
No declared moisture on the plain Realfood, so its dry matter figures are approximate

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

82/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Five recipes are listed for adults and seniors of every size, the plain Realfood for adults only. Check the fat line on the recipe you pick before a mixed case, as it moves the portion a long way.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Pork

The score, in context

Pork Stew 82.0
Roast Beef Stew 77.9
Chicken Stew 77.8
Fish Stew 77.6
Duck Stew 77.2
Realfood 76.6

Six recipes across Outstanding and Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Our scale barely separates the six, with the pork stew a step clear, so your dog's preferred protein decides it.

What's in it

Fresh pork ear in its sauce97%A skin and cartilage cut, which is where the fat comes from. Pork is the only animal named.
Peas
Carrots
Sweet potato
Spices

Vitamins A, D3 and E with manganese, iron, copper, zinc and iodine, every entry carrying a number.

The very high declared fat makes the dry matter conversions indicative.

Named ingredients

97% fresh pork ear in its sauce, peas, carrots, sweet potato, spices

Against the range

Fat, dry matter: 60.7%; The richest by a distance; 3.9% on the tuna.
Energy: 166 kcal per 100g; The most in the set.
Animals on the label: Pork only; Shared only with the duck.

Top of the range on our scoring, and a single-protein option for a dog that needs the calories.

Every stew declares 97% fresh animal content, opens with the named animal and follows it with named vegetables, usually peas, carrots and sweet potato. Natural meat sauces appear on four labels with no animal named; the duck and the pork ear keep to one animal throughout. The added panel is the same on all six, and none declares calcium.

Protein runs from 55.7% to 85.0% of dry matter and carbohydrate comes out at nothing on several. Fat is where they part: 3.9% of dry matter on the tuna, 60.7% on the pork ear.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

165.7 kcal/100g

Protein

12.2%

Fat

13.3%

Fibre

0.7%

Ash

0.7%

Moisture

78.1%

Dry weight

Protein

55.7%

Fat

60.7%

Fibre

3.2%

Ash

3.2%

Carbs

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

97%

Added water

1.8%

Carbs

0.9%

Veg

0.2%

Other

0.1%

Pricing & size